As part of disciplinary measures taken by the Nigerian Army, 54 soldiers have been sentenced to death by firing squad after they were accused of mutiny, assault, cowardice, and refusal to fight the deadly sect, Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.
A General Court Martial had been set up by the Army with 59 soldiers (including two corporals, nine lance corporals, and 48 private soldiers belonging to the 111 Special Forces Battalion, Maiduguri, Borno State) on trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit mutiny and mutiny on October 16, 2014.
At the end of the trial which lasted for three months, the President of the Court, Brig. Gen. Musa Yusuf, found 54 out of the 59 soldiers guilty of the two offences and sentenced them to death by firing squad. The other five soldiers were discharged and acquitted as the case against them could not be established.
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